Google Summer of Code 2013

[Matt Mackall]

On Mon, 2013-04-15 at 15:19 -0500, Elbert Dockery wrote:
> Hello Mercurial team,
> 
> My name is Elbert Dockery, I attend the University of Illinois at Chicago
> and seen Mercurial as one of the organizations looking for students to help
> code some ideas for open source organizations.

Everyone should check in here:

http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/SummerOfCode/2013

> I am interested in coding for Mercurial because I have used Python
> for class homework assignments and projects and use mercurial to submit
> them to my professor.
> 
> I have a couple of questions, What ideas and skill level are you looking
> for in students?

We are looking for students who can complete the projects they start
well. 

I would actually look at GSoC with Mercurial not as a programming
challenge so much as a "real world experience of software engineering".
In many ways, the communication and process aspects of working with open
source are more important than raw technical skill.

> Lastly, would you prefer students mostly use python or C? I have done some
> things in both programming languages?

Most of this year's projects will probably be 100% Python, simply
because most of Mercurial is Python.

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